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		<title>Commencement Craziness Week at College Insurrection</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your weekly report from the world of higher education.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Graduation season is upon us once again, so let&#8217;s enjoy some commencement speeches.</p>
<p>There were speakers from the world of politics.</p>
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<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/michelle-obama-urges-activism-in-commencement-speech-at-oberlin/">Michelle Obama Urges Activism in Commencement Speech at Oberlin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/nancy-pelosi-tells-college-grads-to-find-strength-in-diversity/">Nancy Pelosi Tells College Grads to Find Strength in Diversity</a></li>
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<p>And the entertainment industry.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/robert-de-niro-to-nyu-grads-youre-fked/">Robert De Niro to NYU Grads – You’re F**ked</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/matthew-mcconaughey-gets-standing-ovation-at-university-of-houston/">Matthew McConaughey Gets Standing Ovation at University of Houston</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/jon-bon-jovi-busts-out-guitar-during-commencement-speech/">Jon Bon Jovi Busts Out Guitar During Commencement Speech</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We all learned a lot this year, didn&#8217;t we?</p>
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<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/watch-students-think-speaker-boehner-should-resign-because-of-deflategate/">WATCH: Students Think Speaker Boehner Should Resign Because of ‘Deflategate’</a></li>
</ul>
<p><iframe width="600" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LgmbvhqtmuA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Best of luck, Millennials.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/fox-business-host-kennedy-interviews-professor-glenn-reynolds-on-millennials-and-higher-ed/">FOX Business Host Kennedy Interviews Professor Glenn Reynolds on Millennials and Higher Ed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/college-educated-millennials-still-struggle-to-find-jobs/">College Educated Millennials Still Struggle to Find Jobs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/half-of-college-grads-expect-their-families-to-support-them-financially/">Half of College Grads Expect Their Families to Support Them Financially</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You&#8217;ve gained many valuable skills.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/climate-activists-still-hounding-edinburgh-university/">Climate Activists Still Hounding Edinburgh University</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/college-coeds-go-topless-to-protest-indecency-laws/">College Coeds Go Topless to Protest Indecency Laws</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/university-of-wisconsin-to-hold-symposium-how-to-become-a-thief-in-the-university/">University of Wisconsin to Hold Symposium: How to Become ‘a Thief in the University’</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Thank goodness.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/uva-ends-its-bad-awful-year/">UVA Ends its Bad Awful Year</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Honestly, who else is going to do it?</p>
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<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/prager-university-should-america-be-the-worlds-policeman/">Prager University – Should America be the World’s Policeman?</a></li>
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<p>I&#8217;m sensing a pattern here.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/diversity-officer-who-said-kill-all-white-men-will-keep-her-job/">Diversity Officer Who Said ‘Kill All White Men’ Will Keep Her Job</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/valdosta-state-student-wants-to-kill-all-white-people/">Valdosta State Student Wants to Kill all White People</a></li>
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<p>News from the University of California.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/uc-president-wants-to-adopt-state-department-anti-semitism-definition/">UC President Wants to Adopt State Department Antisemitism Definition</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/over-500-uc-alumni-pushing-for-measures-to-fight-campus-antisemitism/">Over 500 UC Alumni Pushing for Measures to Fight Campus Antisemitism</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This lady needs to find a new profession.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/boston-university-prof-impersonated-another-woman-on-adult-website/">Boston University Prof Impersonated Another Woman on Adult Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/student-alleges-boston-u-prof-absolutely-knew-she-was-trolling-rape-survivor/">Student Alleges Boston U. Prof ‘Absolutely Knew’ She Was Trolling Rape Survivor</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Higher ed bubble update.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/listicle-6-insane-things-you-learn-when-your-college-goes-bankrupt/">Listicle: 6 Insane Things You Learn When Your College Goes Bankrupt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/unc-drops-womens-and-gender-studies-and-45-other-degree-programs/">UNC Drops Women’s and Gender Studies and 45 Other Degree Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/drake-college-of-business-is-closing/">Drake College of Business is Closing</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Second Amendment on campus.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/student-sues-college-over-permission-requirement-for-gun-rights-sign/">Student Sues College Over ‘Permission’ Requirement for Gun Rights Sign</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/texas-leads-the-way-for-concealed-carry-on-campus/">Texas Leads the Way for Concealed Carry on Campus</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Outrageous.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/student-vet-with-ptsd-labeled-a-threat-after-requesting-non-muslim-counselor/">Student Vet With PTSD Labeled a Threat After Requesting Non-Muslim Counselor</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Choose your college carefully.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/one-in-four-harvard-students-say-they-never-had-sex-while-they-were-there/">One in Four Harvard Students Say They Never Had Sex While They Were There</a></li>
<li><a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/is-uc-santa-barbara-the-academic-porn-capital-of-the-world/">Is UC Santa Barbara the Academic Porn Capital Of The World?</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for reading College Insurrection!</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William A. Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, Prof. J: Here&#8217;s a contribution from the Land of Lincoln. The car sported the red &#8220;Impeach Obama&#8221; sticker on the passenger door as well. Not everyone in this state is a liberal moron, but unfortunately we conservatives seem to<div class='readMore'>	<a href='http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/family-values//#more'><img src='http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/themes/legal/images/li_readMore2.png' alt=' [&#8230;]...'></a></div>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hi, Prof. J:</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a contribution from the Land of Lincoln. The car sported the red &#8220;Impeach Obama&#8221; sticker on the passenger door as well. Not everyone in this state is a liberal moron, but unfortunately we conservatives seem to be outnumbered, and most likely our ranks will become fewer as Illinois circles the drain.</p>
<p>Loyal LI reader Norbie</p></blockquote>
<p>It took me a few seconds to figure out this one, which I guess makes me a &#8230;.</p>
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		<title>AACONS Interviews Kirsten Powers and Michael Tanner</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AACONS sits down with Kirsten Powers and Michael Tanner to discuss the news of the day.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kirsten Powers is a Fox News contributor, a columnist for <em>USA Today</em>, and a contributor of various publications including the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, and the <em>NY Post</em>. Her latest work is currently on the NYT bestsellers list and is entitled, <em>The Silencing: How The Left Is Killing Free Speech</em>.</p>
<p>Michael Tanner is a Cato Institute senior fellow and heads research into a variety of domestic policies with a particular emphasis on poverty and social welfare policy, health care reform, and Social Security. He is the author of a recent policy paper for Cato, which is entitled, “The Pros and Cons of a Guaranteed National Income.&#8221;</p>
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<div style="font-size: 10px;text-align: center;width:640px;">Check Out Politics Conservative Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/aacons" rel="nofollow">AACONS</a> on BlogTalkRadio</div>
<p>Visit AACONS <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/aacons">Blog Talk Radio</a> page and its home <a href="http://africanamericanconservatives.com/">blog website</a>. They have a great <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AACONS">Facebook page</a> and active <a href="https://twitter.com/AACONS">Twitter</a> account.</p>
<p>[NOTE: AACONS now is posting its weekly podcasts at Legal Insurrection.]</p>
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		<title>Yet another reason to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 22:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William A. Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, the beach in Tel Aviv.</p>
<p>The Featured Image shows the view north from in front of my hotel.</p>
<p>There is a huge amount of construction going on up and down the beach &#8212; luxury hotels and residence buildings.</p>
<p>The building on the far right in the Featured Image is the U.S. Embassy.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv is beachfront on the most prized section in Tel Aviv.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/U.S.-Embassy-Tel-Aviv-Beach-Satellite-e1432886825121.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128948" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/U.S.-Embassy-Tel-Aviv-Beach-Satellite-e1432886825121.png" alt="U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv Beach Satellite" width="600" height="400" /></a></p>
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<p>Not that the diplomats likely get to enjoy it.</p>
<p>In fact, don&#8217;t you think it is unfair to force our diplomats to look out at the people frolicking on the beach knowing they cannot partake? It&#8217;s practically torture!</p>
<p>Save the diplomats?!</p>
<p>Yet another reason to move the U.S. Embassy to Israel&#8217;s capital, Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Where our embassy belongs.</p>
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		<title>Phoenix Mayor stands up for free speech he doesn’t agree with</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Miller]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Break the internet, round 452]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight, activists <a href="http://ktar.com/22/1837830/Group-to-hold-antiMuslim-protest-outside-of-Phoenix-mosque">plan to protest outside of the Phoenix mosque frequented <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/branco-cartoon-molon-labe/">by the Islamic extremists responsible</a> for shootings at a free speech rally in Garland, Texas. </p>
<p>Obviously, a controversy. </p>
<p>Local law enforcement officials aren&#8217;t taking any chances with this one; organizers for this protest have been less&#8230;filtered?&#8230;than those responsible for Garland&#8217;s &#8220;draw the Prophet&#8221; event, and city officials are <a href="http://ktar.com/22/1837830/Group-to-hold-antiMuslim-protest-outside-of-Phoenix-mosque">preparing for the possibility of violence</a>. </p>
<blockquote><p>
The protest is timed to coincide with jummah, a large communal Muslim prayer service held on Fridays.</p>
<p>Protest organizer Jon Ritzheimer told CNN his goal is to expose Islam.</p>
<p>&#8220;True Islam is terrorism,&#8221; he told the network&#8217;s Anderson Cooper. &#8220;The ones that are out committing these atrocities and stuff, they&#8217;re following the [Quran] as it&#8217;s written.&#8221;</p>
<p>ABC News reported Friday the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned local law enforcement there is a possibility of violence, though no specific nor credible threat.</p>
<p>The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has met with law enforcement in an effort to protect mosque-goers.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The promise of a heavy police presence at the rally of armed biker gang members will help calm fears of harassment and even attacks on worshipers,&#8221; CAIR-AZ Chairman Imraan Siddiqi said in a release.</p>
<p>The Phoenix Police Department did not disclose any exact details about how they will approach protesters, but said they are prepared for the protest.</p>
<p>&#8220;(We) have been in contact with representatives from the mosque and known event organizers. We will have an appropriate presence at the event but specific details will not be provided,&#8221; Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump said.
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<p>So, here we are again. Are the protesters asking for it? Absolutely not&#8212;they have every right to be outspoken and controversial. That being said, those associated with the mosque have every right to fight to make sure the protest doesn&#8217;t interfere with their right to worship freely. </p>
<p>Reasonable minds can differ over the tactics being employed here&#8212;and oh boy, are they. </p>
<p>Either way, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/phoenix-mayor-not-happy-about-provocative-muhammad-cartoon-contest/">is ready to protect the free speech rights</a> of the protesters&#8230;and the religious liberty of those worshipping at the mosque. </p>
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Mayor Greg Stanton repeatedly told CNN’s Carol Costello this morning that he’s going to do all he can to make sure the First Amendment rights of the protesters are protected, and police will be there to stop any potential violence.</p>
<p>But at the same time, he said, “just because someone has a First Amendment right to do something doesn’t make it a good idea.” Stanton believes this is “being done in a purposefully provocative way” and would rather not see it happen. But at long as it does, he’ll make sure it’s protected.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can watch a video of the exchange <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/phoenix-mayor-not-happy-about-provocative-muhammad-cartoon-contest/">here</a>. (If I find a working embed code, I&#8217;ll add the video here.)</p>
<p>His candor struck me as remarkable (which may or may not be sad, depending on your world view.) In the wake of the shootings in Garland, there was a lot of back and forth online arguing about whether or not it was possible to protect free speech without necessarily supporting the speech we&#8217;re protecting. It was disappointing to see so many people missing the point that it is possible to still hold free speech as unassailable while at the same time criticizing that speech for being stupid, or hateful, or not just a good idea. </p>
<p>During the interview (really, go <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/phoenix-mayor-not-happy-about-provocative-muhammad-cartoon-contest/">watch it</a>) the anchor repeatedly attempts to get Stanton to lash out at the protesters, or at least say something soundbitey about their world view. He refuses to do it; instead he is honest about his misgivings about the particular speech being displayed, but rejects the idea that his misgivings should govern how he plans to protect the protesters&#8217; right to protest. </p>
<p>Well goodness gracious! Who would have thought <em>that</em> was possible? Good job, Stanton&#8212;follow through, and I&#8217;ll order a round of applause. </p>
<p>Hopefully, cool tempers prevail tonight. If anything does happen, we&#8217;ll keep you updated. </p>
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		<title>Anheuser-Busch cans drinking water for flood victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 19:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kemberlee Kaye]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas and Oklahoma will receive cans of Anheuser-Busch water]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>U.S. Beer King, Anheuser-Busch has temporarily stopped producing beer at one of its Georgia facilities to can drinking water for flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma. Working with the Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch is producing 50,000 cans of water free of charge.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anheuser-busch-halts-beer-production-provide-water-texas-oklahoma-storm-n366361">NBC News</a> writes:</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Right now our production line is running emergency drinking water instead of beer,&#8221; Cartersville brewery manager Rob Haas told NBC News.</p>
<p>The Cartersville brewery produces cans of emergency relief water a few times a year, Haas said, partnering with the American Red Cross to provide to places in need within the United States.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s something we&#8217;re uniquely positioned to do in a very timely period,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>About 2,000 cases, each carrying 24 cans, are en route to communities in Texas and Oklahoma, he added. The water is expected to reach those areas within the next few days.</p>
<p>Red Cross spokesman Jordan Scott said the organization had been working with Anheuser-Busch, one of their disaster relief partners, to iron out the logistics of the water shipments and what areas they were needed the most.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oklahoma and Texas are in an unprecedented situation,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;There are a lot of folks in need and everyone&#8217;s coming forward to help out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Scott said the additional drinking water would be &#8220;critical&#8221; to relief efforts in the area.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is not the first time Anheuser-Busch has come to the aid of disaster-affected areas. After Hurricane Sandy, the beer company produced a whopping 44,000 cases of water for victims. </p>
<p>According to an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khV3u34HQhw">ABC News report</a>, Anheuser-Busch has been mass producing drinking water for disaster relief since the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and has donated over 70 million cans of water since 1988.</p>
<p>You gotta love a company that chips in during times of need. Not to mention their blatant <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-_qRS4Li7A">American patriotism</a>.</p>
<p>If it were up to me, I&#8217;d take beer. It&#8217;s simple really &#8212; why drink water when you can have beer?</p>
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		<title>California Awash in New, Water-Saving Measures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leslie Eastman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Cash for Grass" programs spring up across state.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The floods flowing through Texas have created an unusual emergency situation: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3101416/Floods-Texas-Oklahoma-bringing-surprise-snakes-homes.html" target="_blank">An inundation of snakes!</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Texans whose cities have been deluged by torrential flood waters have another problem to contend with &#8211; a tide of more than one thousand snakes seeking shelter in their homes.</p>
<p>Panicked residents of the Lone Star State, as well as those in Oklahoma, which has also been swamped by the floods, have been finding the reptiles slithering into their houses in a bid to escape the rising waters.</p>
<p>Species including the rat snake &#8211; which can grow up to six feet long &#8211; have been found inside homes, nestled in the wheels of cars and hiding on patios.</p></blockquote>
<p>In contrast, in response to the continuing &#8220;drought&#8221; (which is actually part of the <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/18/californias-drought-situation-in-p" target="_blank">regular climate cycle</a> for this region), our politicians are slamming communities with new rules and programs.</p>
<p>For example, <a href="http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/05/28/california-drought-cash-for-grass-expands-in-sacramento-county/" target="_blank">Sacramento County is offering &#8220;Cash for Grass&#8221;</a> in addition to imposing strict times rules for watering grass.  The following is a sample of the rebate program:</p>
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<li>Turf Replacement (&#8220;Cash for Grass&#8221;) 50 cents per square foot (up to $1,000) for replacing thirsty lawn with low-water use plants.</li>
<li>Irrigation Efficiency Upgrades (up to $300) for replacing existing spray sprinklers with more efficient rotary nozzles and drip irrigation systems.</li>
<li>Pool Covers (up to $100), which can reduce evaporation from pools by up to 95 percent.</li>
<li>Rain Sensors (up to $100) to automatically turn off sprinkler systems during rain.</li>
<li>Recirculating Hot Water Pumps (up to $150) to deliver hot water on demand.</li>
<li>WaterSense-Labeled Weather-Based Irrigation Controllers (up to $100) to install a &#8220;smart&#8221; sprinkler controller that adjusts watering schedules according to the weather.</li>
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<p>The &#8220;free&#8221; money <a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/26/water-wholesaler-mulls-budget-boost-for-lawn/" target="_blank">program, which is springing up in some form around the rest of the state, is proving popular.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The number of weekly lawn-removal requests more than tripled to about 3,000 after Brown&#8217;s order, an agency report said. It said the agency has received applications that would total $330 million, though not all of those are likely to be approved.</p>
<p>Under the program, the agency pays $2 per square foot to replace grass. A maximum rebate of $6,000 is allowed per residence.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, Cupertino is <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Cupertino-Strikes-Fireworks-Show-Because-of-Drought-305336541.html" target="_blank">canceling its July 4th show</a> in response to the drought:</p>
<blockquote><p>“People are very disappointed,” said city spokesman Rick Kitson. “Who doesn’t love fireworks? But overall, I think they get it.”</p>
<p>And though no agency formally tracks fireworks cancellations related to drought, Cupertino – home to Apple Inc. headquarters – could be the first city in California to squash such a pyrotechnics display as the state enters its fourth year of drought.</p></blockquote>
<p>However, fireworks have been a target for eco-activists for years.  Our local ones in<a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/17/la-jolla-fireworks-lawsuit-settled/" target="_blank"> La Jolla have been the center of lawsuits</a> for years, related to their supposed &#8220;environmental impact.&#8221;  The last one was settled when the organizers agreed to pay for a scientific study of those effects.</p>
<p>And while Californians have responded to previous dry times with robust conservation measures, <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/102714268" target="_blank">officials are preparing citizens</a> for rate hikes:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ironically, the more people conserve, the lower the water agency revenue, which means eventually rates will have to go up.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think most customers think, &#8216;If I&#8217;m using less, my rates shouldn&#8217;t go up,'&#8221; said [Gary Breaux, chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Water District]. &#8220;But most of the cost—80 percent of the costs—are fixed, so whenever you need to turn on the tap, the water is there.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition,  Breaux said he believes investments will be needed at some point in building more water storage and better methods of recycling water. That will cost a lot of money—more than cash-for-lawn rebates cost.</p></blockquote>
<p>Frankly, I might mind the rate hikes less if they went for actual infrastructure and not for more bureaucrats or to fight frivilous lawsuit brought by eco-activists opposing those infrastructures.</p>
<p>We chatted about both Texas and California, as well as national security matters, in Canto Talk last night.  Check it out!</p>
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		<title>VIDEO: Freddie Gray Cast: More Mosby Incendiary Statements</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Branca]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby: "Justice: by any and all means necessary." ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fox host Megyn Kelly had a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/28/defense-attorneys-in-freddie-gray-case-ask-judge-to-move-trial-out-baltimore/" target="_blank">segment on last night</a> in which she played video of public statements made by Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby regarding the Freddy Gray case</p>
<p>In the video clip Mosby calls for &#8220;Justice, by any and all means necessary,&#8221; echoing Malcolm X.</p>
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<p>And here&#8217;s a few seconds of discussion of the subject between Kelly and Fox contributor Judge Napolitano:<span id="more-128957"></span></p>
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<p>It is noteworthy that these statements were made on April 28, <em>prior</em> to the completion of <em>even the preliminary</em> investigation, and just days before Mosby&#8217;s bizarre May 1 public declaration of a raft of charges against the six police officers accused of responsibility for Gray&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>Such conduct by Mosby is being cited by defense attorneys for the six officers in their motion, filed yesterday, to move the prospective trial to another venue, outside the city of Baltimore.  They have previously filed motions to have Mosby recused from the case, as covered by Legal Insurrection here:  <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/freddie-gray-case-detailed-analysis-of-motion-to-recuse-prosecutor/" target="_blank">Freddie Gray Case: Detailed Analysis of Motion to Recuse Prosecutor</a>.</p>
<p>Also shocking is the vicious tone of the remarks&#8211;this is what a Social Justice Warrior prosecutor looks like, I suppose:</p>
<p>The whole <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/28/defense-attorneys-in-freddie-gray-case-ask-judge-to-move-trial-out-baltimore/" target="_blank">video segment</a> is worth a watch.</p>
<p>–-Andrew, <a href="https://twitter.com/LawSelfDefense">@LawSelfDefense</a></p>
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		<title>LIVE: Palestinians stop push to ban Israel from FIFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kemberlee Kaye]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.658718">Haaretz</a>, the Palestinians have backed off their push to ban Israel from FIFA. Watch live:</p>
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<p>Haaretz reports:</p>
<blockquote><p>4:50 P.M: Palestinian soccer chief welcomes Eini&#8217;s call for a handshake, but demands FIFA vote on compromise deal: &#8220;Let bygones be bygones,&#8221; Rajoub said.</p>
<p>FIFA president Sepp Blatter told the congress that at this point &#8220;there is no motion to ban any association from the league.&#8221;</p>
<p>4:45 P.M. Palestinians introduce amended version of proposal, which drops demand for banning Israel from FIFA, but includes the formation of a committee to look into the freedom of movement for Palestinian soccer players, Israeli racism, and the status of Israeli league teams based in the West Bank.</p>
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<p>Proposal passes with 90 percent of nations voting in favor. FIFA president Blatter invited Israeli and Palestinian representatives Eini and Rajoub to shake hands.</p>
<p>4:40 P.M. Israel soccer federation chief Ofer Eini addresses FIFA conference, after a compromise deal with Palestinians was presented. Eini invited Rajoub to the stage to shake his hand, but the latter refused.</p>
<p>According to the compromise, should the Palestinians withdraw their proposal to ban Israel, Israel and FIFA would agree to form a joint committee to discuss ongoing issues faced by Palestinian soccer clubs. The deal also suggests the UN will decide the fate of five Israeli soccer teams based in the West Bank.</p>
<p>4:20 P.M. Palestinian soccer federation chief Jibril Rajoub takes to the stage to address the Palestinian bid to ban Israel from FIFA, saying the Palestinians have decided to drop overall bid.</p>
<p>Addressing the congress, Rajoub said the Palestinians still demand the UN look into the status of five Israeli teams based in the West Bank.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fuzzy Slippers]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While we <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/01/mark-levin-and-jonathan-gruber-once-agreed-no-obamacare-subsidies-on-federal-exchanges/">await the Supreme Court decision</a> regarding <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/02/here-they-go-again-gaming-the-sup-ct-refs-on-obamacare-ii/">federal vs. state subsidies</a>, Republicans can&#8217;t decide if they want the subsidies upheld or struck down.  Indeed, some believe that upholding them will be best for Republicans (note, not best for America or Americans).  <a href="https://sharylattkisson.com/obamacare-republicans-cant-win-for-losing/">Sharyl Attkisson reports</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>It would theoretically be a victory for Republicans who oppose Obamacare: Americans would likely find the health care law less palatable if tax money isn’t helping pay for their mandatory policies. They would suddenly be exposed to the reality faced by those who aren’t getting subsidies: insurance may cost more, come with higher deductibles, and provide less coverage.</p>
<p>But some Congressional Republicans are more worried about winning the Supreme Court case than losing it.</p>
<p>“There are Republicans right now scared to death that we’re going to win,” says one Republican leader who did not want to be quoted by name. “They’re in meetings right now planning ways to revive the subsidies if the [Supreme] Court strikes them down.”</p></blockquote>
<p>They are &#8220;scared to death&#8221; because they are worried the Democratic and media narratives would place the blame on Republicans for the loss of subsidies by those who&#8217;ve purchased ObamaCare through the federal exchanges.  Attkisson explains:</p>
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<blockquote><p>According to a dozen Congressional Republicans who discussed the topic but did not wish to be named, they worry the public wouldn’t view a strike-down of the subsidies as a weakness in Obamacare, but would instead blame Republicans for taking money away from them.</p>
<p>These Republicans also worry that the news media will coalesce behind that view, making it difficult to overcome from a public relations standpoint.</p>
<p>Politico reports that 31 senators are backing a bill by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, that would restore subsidies for the affected Obamacare customers through September 2017.</p>
<p>Large percentages of those polled say they would support a fix if the subsidies are found to be unlawful. Significant numbers of those polled don’t understand how the federal and state exchanges work.</p></blockquote>
<p>I understand that optics matter, but it seems a bit much for Republicans to be the ones to save ObamaCare when not doing so would do no harm to America&#8217;s poorest who need health care—they&#8217;ve been covered by Medicaid since long before ObamaCare, after all.</p>
<p>As Attkisson notes, &#8220;the irony is that Republicans would, in effect, be providing a crucial fix to a law they’ve opposed since its inception. In other words, when Obamacare would be at greatest risk of crumbling, Republicans would be ensuring its survival.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Creator of Viral Obama Poster Loses Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aleister]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you were paying attention to American politics in 2008, you couldn&#8217;t escape from the viral Obama &#8220;hope&#8221; poster created by Shepard Fairey. His simple image became a symbol of the junior senator&#8217;s presidential campaign and was proudly displayed by Obama supporters on Facebook.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for Fairey, his love of Obama was doomed to wither on the vine.</p>
<p>Adam B. Lerner of <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/shepard-fairey-hope-poster-obama-disappointed-118377.html" target="_blank">Politico</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8216;Hope&#8217; poster artist Shepard Fairey says Obama let him down</strong></p>
<p>Shepard Fairey, the street artist behind the famous “Hope” poster that went viral during Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential run, said that the president has not lived up to his expectations.</p>
<p>In an interview with Esquire, Fairey acknowledged that “Obama has had a really tough time” but said he’s “not even close” to having lived up to the “Hope” poster created for him.</p>
<p>“I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he’d support],” Fairey added in the interview, posted Thursday.</p>
<p>He tempered his response saying that he’s met the president a few times and that he thinks he is a “quality human being,” adding that his presidential record has been largely dictated by things out of his control.</p>
<p>“I’m not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step,” Fairey said.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s funny. I remember when Democrats touted Obama&#8217;s fundraising prowess as proof of his ability to be president. Don&#8217;t worry, Shepard. I&#8217;m sure Hillary Clinton will get big money out of politics. (Pun intended.)</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s more from the <a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a35288/shepard-fairey-street-art-obama-hope-poster/" target="_blank">Matt Patches Esquire piece</a> about Mr. Fairey:</p>
<blockquote><p>We also need a public that isn&#8217;t so uneducated and complacent. I hate to say Americans are ignorant and lazy, but a lot of them are ignorant and lazy. It&#8217;s just like what I was talking about with Rebel Music and art. When you live in a place that has a lot of good things that make life easier, it&#8217;s easier to take them for granted. But what frustrates me to no end are people who want to blame Obama or blame anything that is something that if they were actually doing anything as simple as voting, it might not be as bad as it is. There&#8217;s a lot of finger pointing and very little action and very little research into the dynamics that created the situation that they&#8217;re unhappy about.</p></blockquote>
<p>Uneducated? Complacent? It almost sounds like Fairey is describing the millions of &#8216;low information&#8217; voters who cast their ballots for Obama in 2008 and 2012.</p>
<p>Obama probably would have tried to get money out of politics but to be fair, he had other priorities.</p>
<p>Jon Gabriel of <a href="https://ricochet.com/creator-of-hope-poster-abandons-obama/" target="_blank">Ricochet</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Perhaps Obama was too busy raising $1.1 billion in 2012 to get around to taking money out of politics.</p></blockquote>
<p>Featured image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster#/media/File:Barack_Obama_Hope_poster.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia.</a></p>
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		<title>Look who I found</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William A. Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s Legal Insurrection reader Joel E. who lives in a town near Tel Aviv, and reached out to me when he read I was heading for Israel.</p>
<p>The featured image is us at a really good falafel place near the beach.</p>
<p>I also saw Legal Insurrection favorite and sometimes contributor &#8220;Anne in Petah Tikva&#8221; and her husband.  Except that night, she was &#8220;Anne in Tel Aviv.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/William-Jacobson-and-Anne-in-Petah-Tikva-e1432849220618.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128873" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/William-Jacobson-and-Anne-in-Petah-Tikva-e1432849220618.jpg" alt="William Jacobson and Anne in Petah Tikva" width="600" height="379" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a tough life, but someone has to live it.</p>
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<p>It would have been hard to accomplish everything we have in this past week without the help of personal guides.</p>
<p>I mentioned <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/khawaled-village-bedouin-pride-in-israel/">Hassan Khawaled yesterday</a>, who took us to the Bedouin village of Khawaled.  Pictured here in front of an abandoned Carmelite Monastery just outside the village.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Hassan-Khawaled-e1432833260530.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128825" src="http://s1.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Hassan-Khawaled-e1432833260530.jpg" alt="Hassan Khawaled" width="600" height="423" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Abandoned-Carmelite-Monestary-near-Khawaled-Village-e1432895000184.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128953" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Abandoned-Carmelite-Monestary-near-Khawaled-Village-e1432895000184.jpg" alt="Abandoned Carmelite Monestary near Khawaled Village" width="600" height="399" /></a></p>
<p>He also took us to Akko (Acre), the old fortress city, as well as through some Druze villages and to the Ahmadi Mosque in Haifa. The <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187971">Ahmadis reject violent Jihad</a> and any form of aggressive (as opposed to purely defensive) violence.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Haifa_Ahmadi_Center1-e1432895102251.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128894" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Haifa_Ahmadi_Center1-e1432895102251.jpg" alt="Haifa_Ahmadi_Center[1]" width="600" height="415" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.travelisrael.co.il/about-us/">Udi Guberman</a> was our guide along Lebanese border (pictured below at the <a href="http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/green-israel-news/july-2012/har-adir-dedication/">Mount Adir memorial</a> to Israeli soldiers killed in that border area during the 2006 Lebanon War.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_128886" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Udi-Guberman-Tour-Guide-Israel-e1432850685144.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-128886" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Udi-Guberman-Tour-Guide-Israel-e1432850685144.jpg" alt="[Udi Guberman, Travel Israel Tour Guide]" width="600" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">[Udi Guberman, Travel Israel Tour Guide. Lebanon in distance.]</p></div>Udi also helped us arrange the visits to Ziv Hospital in Safed where we <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/meet-an-israeli-doctor-saving-syrian-lives-and-limbs/">&#8220;met&#8221; the Syrians</a>, and Moshav Avivim where we interviewed the survivor of the <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/israeli-school-bus-bombing-survivor-reunites-with-nurse-who-saved-him-45-years-later/">1970 bus attack</a>.  He also took us to the grottos at Rosh Hanikra at the Lebanese border crossing, and to Megiddo (aka Armageddon).</p>
<p><div id="attachment_128883" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Rosh-Hanikra-Cliff-Border.jpg"><img class="wp-image-128883" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Rosh-Hanikra-Cliff-Border.jpg" alt="Rosh Hanikra Cliff Border" width="600" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">[Rosh Hanikra and border crossing]</p></div><div id="attachment_128885" style="width: 611px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Rosh-Hanikra-Grotto.jpg"><img class="wp-image-128885" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Rosh-Hanikra-Grotto.jpg" alt="Rosh Hanikra Grotto" width="601" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">[Rosh Hanikra Grottos]</p></div><div id="attachment_128896" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Megiddo-Mound-e1432852103448.jpg"><img class="wp-image-128896 size-full" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Megiddo-Mound-e1432853076654.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">[Megiddo, Israel]</p></div><div id="attachment_128895" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Megiddo-Top.jpg"><img class="wp-image-128895 size-full" src="http://s2.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Megiddo-Top-e1432852128367.jpg" alt="[Megiddo, Israel]" width="600" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">[Megiddo, Israel]</p></div></p>
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		<title>More corruption? Hillary Clinton kept Blumenthal on Foundation payroll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 23:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Caruso]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fact: Bill and Hillary Clinton aren&#8217;t going to give up information voluntarily. </p>
<p>When the media did its job back in April, the Clinton Foundation was forced to refile multiple tax returns after it was discovered that the Foundation <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/239821-clinton-foundation-reportedly-refiling-tax-forms" target="_blank">failed to disclose donations from foreign governments.</a> Still, gathering new information about the Foundation remains a monumental undertaking, even for mainstream media outlets. </p>
<p>The latest information to come out is the news that long time political confidant Sid Blumenthal was paid $10,000 per month by the Clinton Foundation while he was offering up unsolicited foreign policy advice to Hillary Clinton on Libya. <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-foundation-sidney-blumenthal-salary-libya-118359.html" target="_blank">From Politico:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton, earned about $10,000 a month as a full-time employee of the Clinton Foundation while he was providing unsolicited intelligence on Libya to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to multiple sources familiar with the arrangement.</p>
<p>Blumenthal was added to the payroll of the Clintons’ global philanthropy in 2009 — not long after advising Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign — at the behest of former president Bill Clinton, for whom he had worked in the White House, say the sources.</p>
<p>While Blumenthal’s foundation job focused on highlighting the legacy of Clinton’s presidency, some officials at the charity questioned his value and grumbled that his hiring was a favor from the Clintons, according to people familiar with the foundation. They say that, during a 2013 reform push, Blumenthal was moved to a consulting contract that came with a similar pay rate but without benefits — an arrangement that endured until March.</p></blockquote>
<p>If this was the only money Blumenthal was earning, it may not have been too eye-opening; but Blumenthal was also being paid by two organizations run by David Brock:</p>
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<blockquote><p>A Clinton loyalist who first earned the family’s trust as an aggressive combatant in the political battles of the 1990s, Blumenthal continues to work as a paid consultant to two groups supporting Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign — American Bridge and Media Matters — both of which are run by David Brock, a close ally of both Clinton and Blumenthal.</p></blockquote>
<p>Whatever they say or print, know that American Bridge and Media Matters are in the bag for Hillary Clinton. Given this information, Hillary&#8217;s comments when confronted about taking advice from Blumenthal on Libya are <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/243287-clinton-foundation-paid-blumenthal-10000-monthly-salary" target="_blank">baffling:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>“When you&#8217;re in the public eye, when you&#8217;re in an official position, I think you do have to work to make sure you&#8217;re not caught in the bubble and you only hear from a certain small group of people, and I&#8217;m going to keep talking to my old friends, whoever they are.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Not caught in the bubble? More like wrapped head to toe in bubble wrap. If Hillary would take some questions, we could ask why it seemed she was using a &#8220;charity&#8221; as a means of running a political operation designed to avoid the scrutiny of the media, Congressional investigators, and Freedom of Information Act requests.</p>
<p>Hillary&#8217;s relationship with Sid Blumenthal also extends to his son Max, a left wing anti-Israel agitator. Professor Jacobson <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/hillary-has-a-blumenthal-problem/">wrote last week:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Max, the virulently anti-Israel activist, has been the subject of <a href="http://tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/189172/max-blumenthal-and-anti-zionists">much controversy</a> because of his penchant for <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/03/anti-israel-rhetoric-toxic-when-consumed-in-large-doses/">vituperative and outlandish</a> attacks on Israel, not the least of which was his call for Israeli Jews to be <a href="https://twitter.com/nuritbaytch/status/489976989604790273">indigenized</a> after the end of the Jewish state. See our <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/tag/max-blumenthal/">Max Blumenthal Tag</a> for some background.</p></blockquote>
<p>It turns out that Max&#8217;s relationship with Hillary involved him supplying her with the now-debunked theory that an obscure YouTube video was largely <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/27/left-wing-writer-max-blumenthal-helped-craft-hillarys-youtube-video-benghazi-explanation/" target="_blank">responsible for the attacks on the consulate at Benghazi:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Left-wing writer Max Blumenthal helped inspire Hillary Clinton’s debunked talking point that an obscure YouTube movie called “Innocence of Muslims” was responsible for the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012.</p>
<p>The son of Clinton’s longtime political adviser and informal Libya consultant, Max Blumenthal pushed his conspiratorial theories onto the secretary of state in the hours after Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed.</p></blockquote>
<p>And how did Hillary obtain this information and begin to push it?</p>
<p>Now we know that Hillary became aware of the video on Sept. 12, the day after the attack, through her political adviser Sidney Blumenthal — Max Blumenthal’s father.</p>
<p>The events unfurled as follows:</p>
<blockquote><p>“During the afternoon of September 11, 2012 new interim President of Libya Mohammed Yussef el Magariaf spoke in private with senior advisors, including the members of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, to discuss the attacks by demonstrators on U.S. missions in Tripoli and Benghazi,” Blumenthal reported to Clinton in a memo dated Sept. 12 at 12:50 a.m.</p>
<p>“During this session, a senior security officer told Magariaf that the attacks on that day were inspired by what many devout Libyans viewed as a sacrilegious internet video on the prophet Mohammed originating in America. The Libyan attacks were also inspired by and linked to an attack on the U.S. mission the same day,” Blumenthal said.</p>
<p>At 2:11 p.m. on Sept. 12, Hillary Clinton personally forwarded a link to an article about “Innocence of Muslims” to a colleague. That article was posted on MaxBlumenthal.com, and was written by Sidney Blumenthal’s son Max, who is now the senior writer for the far-left website AlterNet.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hillary&#8217;s relationship with Sid and Max Blumenthal runs a whole lot deeper than just friendship. Sidney was passing along specious intel about Libya to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in defiance of President Obama&#8217;s orders that he not be involved with any foreign policy. Max&#8217;s conspiracy theory about an Internet video actually becaome administration talking points in the wake of the attacks on Benghazi.</p>
<p>The question is, how much will the media push Hillary Clinton on this? Time will tell.</p>
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		<title>Big Win for Washington anti-BDS Activists</title>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve provided extensive coverage of the BDS movement&#8217;s battle against <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/huge-bds-loss-greenstar-food-coop-rejects-israel-boycott/">the inclusion of Israeli-made</a> products at food cooperatives. Most recently (and closest to the hearts of the Legal Insurrection team,) the members of the Ithaca-based GreenStar Food Co Op won a very hard-fought battle <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/huge-bds-loss-greenstar-food-coop-rejects-israel-boycott/">against BDS activists</a> fighting for a referendum that called for the boycott of Israeli products. A Co Op in Olympia, Washington, however, has found itself on the opposite end of the spectrum.</p>
<p>Members of the Olympia Food Cooperative sued the Co Op&#8217;s board after board members decided to protest Israel&#8217;s alleged human rights violations via a Co Op-wide boycott of Israeli-made products. Plaintiffs claimed that the boycott violated the Co Op&#8217;s own boycott policy; the board, however, invoked Washington&#8217;s anti-SLAPP statute, claiming that the plaintiffs had filed a frivolous lawsuit as a way of suppressing public discussion. The plaintiff group was SLAPPed (I had to) with over $200,000 in fines and penalties, but appealed, claiming the SLAPP statute itself was unconstitutional.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/28/washington-supreme-court-strikes-down-anti-slapp-statute-as-violating-the-right-to-trial-by-jury/">Guess what&#8212;<em>they won</em>.</a></p>
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<p>The case went all the way to the Washington Supreme Court, which <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/28/washington-supreme-court-strikes-down-anti-slapp-statute-as-violating-the-right-to-trial-by-jury/">held that</a> Washington&#8217;s unique SLAPP language &#8220;creates a truncated adjudication of the merits of a plaintiff’s claim, including nonfrivolous factual issues, without a trial. Such a procedure invades the jury’s essential role of deciding debatable questions of fact.&#8221; This, they said, violates the Washington State Constitution.</p>
<p>This is more of a political victory than a legal victory (although we&#8217;ll take what we can get,) mostly because Washington&#8217;s anti-SLAPP statute is so unusual. As <a href="http://popehat.com/2015/05/28/lawsplainer-washington-supreme-court-declares-states-anti-slapp-statute-unconstitutional/">PopeHat</a> explains:</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;ve lawsplained anti-SLAPP statutes before. In brief, an anti-SLAPP statute is a tool to address frivolous and vexatious lawsuits aimed at protected speech. Generally, they work like this: the defendant files a motion showing that it is being sued because of speech covered by the statute. If defendant does so, then the burden shifts to the plaintiff to show that it has evidence supporting their claims. If the plaintiff succeeds, the suit survives; if the plaintiff fails, the court dismisses the case and (usually) awards defendant its attorney fees.<br />
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Most state statutes say the plaintiff has to show a &#8220;probability&#8221; of prevailing, or language to that effect. Almost universally, state courts have interpreted that to require the plaintiff only to produce sufficient evidence: that is, evidence that would be legally sufficient to support plaintiff&#8217;s claim if the jury accepted it as true. In those states, the judge considering an anti-SLAPP motion doesn&#8217;t weigh evidence — he or she doesn&#8217;t consider whose evidence is more persuasive. Instead, the judge treats it rather like a motion for summary judgment: has the plaintiff offered evidence that if believed satisfies all of the elements of the cause of action?</p>
<p>Washington&#8217;s anti-SLAPP statute is a little different. If the defendant carries its initial burden of showing that the lawsuit targets speech covered by the statute, it requires the plaintiff &#8220;to establish by clear and convincing evidence a probability of prevailing on the claim.&#8221; That plain language seems to require the plaintiff to show more than enough evidence, and requires the judge to weigh the evidence.</p></blockquote>
<p>Legally, this is great for anti-BDS folks, but politically, it&#8217;s <em>huge</em>. The BDS movement is loud and proud, but it hasn&#8217;t been very successful when it comes to convincing co ops to boycott Israeli products. The Olympia Co op was their one victory, and now that victory is spiraling out of their hands. BDS activists are used to getting a long way on rhetoric alone; this case will cause serious repercussions when it comes to public image, and narrative momentum.</p>
<p>The battle isn&#8217;t over. This particular legal victory means that the plaintiffs will be allowed to continue with their lawsuit against the Co Op board. Expect the BDS activists to fight back. We&#8217;ll keep you posted on any new developments in this case as it moves through the courts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/902330.pdf">You can read the decision from the Washington Supreme Court here.</a></p>
<p><em><strong>UPDATE (WAJ):</strong></em> Stand With Us released a statement <a href="http://www.standwithus.com/news/article.asp?id=3981">which reads, in part</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>StandWithUs is thrilled to share the news that, in a major setback to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign, this morning the Washington State Supreme Court held, by a vote of 9-0 that a lawsuit can proceed against Olympia Food Co-op board members, challenging their 2011 decision to boycott Israeli products.</p>
<p>StandWithUs helped the plaintiffs, five long-term dedicated members of the Olympia Food Co-op, find counsel to take legal action after they&#8217;d exhausted all other opportunities to get the Olympia Food Co-op board to follow its own boycott policy and bylaws and to reconsider the boycott decision.</p>
<p>When the trial court ruled against the plaintiffs, it assessed $232,000 in fees and penalties, an amount that would have been an overwhelming burden to the plaintiffs.</p>
<p>To appeal the case, the plaintiffs would have had to post a bond for more than that amount &#8211; over $400,000 &#8211; exremely difficult for the five middle class Olympia plaintiffs.</p>
<p>StandWithUs saw the situation the plaintiffs were in &#8211; long-time co-op members, supporters of Israel &#8211; who now faced devastating financial penalties simply because they stood up for fair treatment of Israel and demanded that their co-op board follow its own rules and bylaws.</p>
<p>StandWithUs stepped in and borrowed the money to post the bond for the full amount so that the plaintiffs could challenge the lower court decisions.</p>
<p>Now that the Washington State Supreme Court has completely rejected the Olympia Food Co-op board members&#8217; argument and sent the case back to the trial court, StandWithUs is looking forward to the plaintiffs having their day in court &#8211; a real trial on the issues they first presented: The Olympia Food Co-op board&#8217;s violation of the co-op&#8217;s own rules and boycott policy when, without any public notice or debate, the co-op board voted to boycott Israeli products.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Is Ted Cruz a hypocrite for requesting federal aid after Texas flooding?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kemberlee Kaye]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-federal-aid-texas-flooding">Talking Points Memo</a> ran with this headline today:</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ted-cruz-calls-federal-flood-relief-texas-article-1.2238227">NY Daily News</a> had the same &#8220;story&#8221; yesterday:</p>
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<p>The TPM article itself isn&#8217;t necessarily <em>wrong</em>. It&#8217;s fairly straightforward. But in order to support the headline, along, drawn out Hill battle was completely omitted. </p>
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<blockquote><p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday assured Texans that the state would receive federal relief following major flooding, even though the senator opposed federal funding following Hurricane Sandy.</p>
<p>&#8220;There are a series of federal statutory thresholds that have to be satisfied. Initially, it appears those thresholds are likely to be satisfied by the magnitude of the damage we&#8217;re seeing,&#8221; Cruz said while touring the flooding in Wimberley, Texas, according to Texas television station KSAT. &#8220;Democrats and Republicans in the congressional delegation will stand as one in support of the federal government meeting its statutory obligations to provide the relief to help the Texans who are hurting.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>TPM mentions Cruz voted against, &#8220;a federal aid package in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and claimed that he opposed the bill due to spending in the bill unrelated to storm relief.&#8221; Also true. </p>
<p>But what was in the Hurricane Sandy Relief package that caused such a fuss?</p>
<p>President Obama didn&#8217;t bother to request federal aid until a month after Hurricane Sandy leveled parts of the northeast, so the matter wasn&#8217;t one being treated with urgency. According to <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/hurricane-sandy-relief-bill-and-bloated-deficit-spending">Heritage</a>, who dissected the $60 billion bill:</p>
<blockquote><p> Most of the funding, however, goes well beyond assisting actual victims. Moreover, none of the spending is offset by reductions elsewhere. It will be allowed to exceed current spending limits by exploiting two exceptions built into the Budget Control Act (BCA)—one for additional “disaster” relief funds, and another for “emergency” spending.[1]</p>
<p>&#8230;Some of the items seem justified as mitigation of damage caused by Sandy. Much of the other funding is clearly not or is at least questionable. </p>
<p>&#8230;The legislation also contains $5.4 billion for repairing tunnels and other infrastructure damaged by the hurricane, another legitimate proposal.</p>
<p>Apart from that, much of the $60.4 billion in requested emergency spending is aimed at either mitigating future events and repairing or replacing federal assets.[5] Of Obama’s requested items, less than $23 billion of the $60.4 billion involves addressing emergency damages sustained by state and local governments, private-sector businesses, and individuals.</p>
<p>As a point of perspective, with the vast majority of homes and businesses privately insured, the total cost estimate for the entire private industry is just more than $20 billion.[6] Why is the federal spending proposal three times as large?</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2013/01/31/hurricane-sandy-relief-bill-wasteful-spending-not-helpful/">The Daily Signal</a> wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>Not only does this act add to the deficit, but it is also reflects another symptom of government growth: over-federalization of natural disasters. In less than two years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a stunning 353 disaster declarations—despite the absence of major hurricanes or earthquakes (except Hurricanes Irene and Sandy). This high operational tempo keeps FEMA in a perpetual response mode, leaving little time and few resources to prepare to handle a real catastrophic disaster, such as Hurricane Sandy.</p>
<p>Senator Kelly Ayotte (R–NH) summed it up well: “[I]f a main goal of the Sandy relief legislation that passed the Senate was to quickly get resources into the hands of those who need it most, the final product fell short.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Republicans in the Senate proposed amendments that would&#8217;ve specifically funded Hurricane Sandy relief efforts to a predictable end. But I&#8217;m sure that was left on TPM&#8217;s cutting room floor too. </p>
<p>So yes, it&#8217;s true Senator Cruz opposed the Hurricane Sandy relief package, but now you know why.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;TPM is a left-wing rag, <em>of course</em> they&#8217;re going to be misleading!&#8221;</em> </p>
<p>I get it, I really do. Left uncontested, misinformation like this climbs its way up the news chain and into political lore. And we just can&#8217;t have that.   </p>
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		<title>Media STILL Doesn’t Understand “Stand-Your-Ground”</title>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t suppose it will ever end&#8211;the mainstream media will continue to cover trials involving deadly force, will continue to blindly label them Stand-Your-Ground cases, and will continue to demonstrate its utter ignorance of what Stand-Your-Ground actually is.</p>
<p>The most recent example comes in the form of <a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/27/these-are-states-have-stand-your-ground-laws" target="_blank">a Stand-Your-Ground piece written by a David Love</a>, whose bio describes him as: &#8220;David A. Love is a writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared on CNN and been published by The Grio, The Progressive, and The Guardian.&#8221; Looks impressive, no?</p>
<p>Well, maybe the bio does. The piece on Stand-Your-Ground? Not so much.</p>
<p>I realize that David is almost certainly not responsible for the headline of the post, but let&#8217;s start there&#8211;after all, it&#8217;s how the piece is introduced to the reading public.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also where the piece goes immediately off the rails:  &#8220;These are the States That Have &#8216;Stand Your Ground&#8217; Laws.&#8221;  This point is then helpfully illustrated, literally, with a graphic image of the United States color coded to indicate which states qualify as &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; states:  red-states are purportedly SYG, blue-states are purportedly non-SYG.  (That image is the featured pic at the top of this post. Interestingly, it was sourced in the Love&#8217;s piece as being from al Jazeera.com.  Huh.)</p>
<p>Before we dive into the errors of the illustrative map, however, let&#8217;s take a moment to refresh our recollection on what Stand-Your-Ground actually means, legally speaking: it simply means that the state does not impose a legal duty on an otherwise lawful defender to make use of a safe avenue of retreat before they can use force in defense of themselves or another.</p>
<p>Got it? Good.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s take a look at the 16 states indicated in the map as blue, and thus purportedly non-SYG that impose a legal duty retreat.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">California? Nope, it&#8217;s a Stand-Your-Ground state, and has been since at least 1898.  Indeed, it&#8217;s arguably the most vigorous Stand-Your-Ground state in the country.  Not only may the defender stand their ground, they can actually <em>pursue their attacker</em> if necessary to their defense.  See jury instruction <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/jury_instruction/ca-505-justifiable-homicide-self-defense-or-defense-of-another/" target="_blank">CALCRIM 505</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Colorado? Again, no, please see <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/law_case/cassels-v-people-92-p-3d-951-co-supreme-court-2004/" target="_blank"><em>Cassels v. People</em>, 92 P.3d 951 (CO Supreme Court 2004)</a>, there is no legal duty to retreat before acting in otherwise lawful self-defense.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Nevada? Nope, not a duty to retreat, according to <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/nv-nrs-200-120-justifiable-homicide-defined-no-duty-to-retreat-under-certain-circumstances/" target="_blank">§ 200.120(2)</a> which provides that there is no duty to retreat when one is otherwise lawfully defending themselves.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">New Hampshire?  Definitely not a duty to retreat state, as <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/nh-6274-physical-force-in-defense-of-a-person/" target="_blank">§ 627:4(III)(a)</a> provides that a defender is not required to retreat if he is otherwise acting in lawful self-defense.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">New Mexico? No, not a duty to retreat, in fact NM law explicitly provides that an otherwise lawful defender may literally &#8220;stand his ground.&#8221; See <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/jury_instruction/nm-14-5190-self-defense-assailed-person-need-not-retreat/" target="_blank">NMRA 14-5190</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">North Carolina? Oofah, no, under <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/nc-%C2%A7-14%E2%80%9151-3-use-of-force-in-defense-of-person-relief-from-criminal-or-civil-liability/" target="_blank">§ 14-51.3(a) </a>NC explicitly does not impose a legal duty to retreat before using deadly force in otherwise lawful self-defense.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Vermont.  No, retreat is not required before using otherwise lawful deadly force.  See <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/law_case/state-v-hatcher-706-a-2d-429-vt-supreme-court-1997/" target="_blank"><em>State v. Hatcher</em>, 706 A.2d 429 (VT Supreme Court 1997)</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Virginia? No, Virginia imposes no duty to retreat before one can act in self defense in committing a justifiable homicide.  See <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/law_case/foote-v-commonwealth-396-s-e-2d-851-va-ct-app-1990/" target="_blank"><em>Foote v. Commonwealth</em>, 396 S.E.2d 851 (VA Ct. App. 1990)</a>.</p>
<p>Thus fully half of the 16 states listed in Mr. Love&#8217;s article as being non-Stand-Your-Ground/duty-to-retreat states are nothing of the sort, but to the contrary are well-established Stand-Your-Ground states. (Incidentally, he <em>also</em> commits the <em>reverse error</em> by listing several &#8220;duty-to-retreat&#8221; states as &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; states, but addressing <em>those</em> errors would take a whole other post.)</p>
<p>By the way, all of the above is readily available in my book, <a href="http://lawofselfdefense.com/shop/" target="_blank">&#8220;The Law of Self Defense, 2nd Edition,&#8221;</a> which Mr. Love could have downloaded (but obviously didn&#8217;t) from <a href="http://is.gd/L6A3mc" target="_blank">Amazon</a> in <a href="http://is.gd/J0QM1e" target="_blank">Kindle</a> format for a mere $9.99.  Heck, if he&#8217;d asked me I&#8217;d have sent him an autographed print review copy for free.</p>
<p>So, after this rather catastrophic factual failure on Mr. Love&#8217;s part you might imagine that the remainder of the article is equally rife with errors and/or irrelevancies.  And you would be correct.</p>
<p>For example, I note that Mr. Love cites the American Bar Association (ugh) as claiming that 33 states qualify as Stand-Your-Ground states, and his piece lists (mistakenly, half the time) 16 states that qualify as non-Stand-Your-Ground states.  Seems to me, there&#8217;s a state missing. Maths. Is. Hard.</p>
<p>Mr. Love states that Florida was the first state to adopt Stand-Your-Ground legislation, doing so in 2005. This may be technically true, but it is legally irrelevant. As already noted, California has been a Stand-Your-Ground state since at least 1898, which somewhat precedes 2005.  Of course, in the case of California as in many other states, Stand-Your-Ground was borne of longstanding case law, not statute.  Regardless, it&#8217;s good law, either way.</p>
<p>In the next sentence Mr. Love states that &#8220;Florida essentially immunizes a person from criminal prosecution or civil action, provided he proves the use of force was necessary to prevent death or serious harm.&#8221;  First, we can do away with the redundant word &#8220;essentially.&#8217;  Second, once again this is an irrelevancy. Self-defense immunity and Stand-Your-Ground are two entirely distinct legal concepts.  Some states have <em>both</em> self-defense immunity <em>and</em> Stand-Your-Ground (e.g, Florida), some have <em>only</em> one <em>or</em> the other (e.g., Oregon), some have <em>neither</em> (e.g., Massachusetts).</p>
<p>Two. Different. Things.</p>
<p>Mr. Love then begins to swerve into hilarity, stating first:  &#8220;For years, much of the United States has followed the “castle doctrine,” which basically holds that a person’s home is her castle, thereby giving that person a right to defend the home through the use of deadly force—and without legal consequences.&#8221;</p>
<p>First, <em>every</em> state, not merely &#8220;much of the United States,&#8221; recognizes the &#8220;Castle Doctrine.&#8221; (Yes, even Massachusetts.)</p>
<p>Second, <em>of course</em> the lawful use of deadly force, whether in defense of ones home or under any other circumstances, is <em>without legal consequences</em>.  <em>That&#8217;s what lawful means.</em></p>
<p>But he continues: &#8220;The National Rifle Association and the American Legislative Exchange Council – a group of conservative lawmakers—began a push for legislation that ultimately would upend the castle doctrine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Again, this just highlights Mr. Love&#8217;s inability to understand what either Stand-Your-Ground or the &#8220;Castle Doctrine&#8221; actually mean.  The &#8220;Castle Doctrine,&#8221; most simply put, removes an otherwise existing legal duty to retreat before otherwise lawfully acting in self-defense when you are <em>in your home</em>.  &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; removes this legal duty to retreat before otherwise lawfully acting in self-defense when you are <em>anywhere you have a right to be</em>.  Properly understood, &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; <em>expands</em> the &#8220;Castle Doctrine,&#8221; it does not <em>upend</em> it.</p>
<p>This gem of Mr. Love&#8217;s was particularly enjoyable:</p>
<blockquote><p>Stand Your Ground laws provide more latitude to invoke self-defense as a grounds for killing someone posing an imminent threat. Typically, such laws permit the use of deadly force outside the home against a perpetrator, <em>regardless of whether the perpetrator is armed</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>(emphasis added)</p>
<p>To my knowledge (and I&#8217;ve looked) there is no Stand-Your-Ground jurisprudence anywhere in the United States, or anywhere in the world for that matter, that has as an element whether one&#8217;s attacker is <em>armed</em>. An attacker that represents an imminent threat of death or grave bodily harm may be defended against, whether in a Stand-Your-Ground state or a duty-to-retreat state, regardless of whether he is armed with some kind of weapon, or is merely armed with his fists and feet.</p>
<p>Mr. Love closes with one of the most favored of &#8220;journalist&#8221; gimmicks, the loose use of &#8220;statistics&#8221;:</p>
<blockquote><p>In states with Stand Your Ground laws, justifiable homicides have increased 85 percent, and the shooting of a black person by a white person is deemed justifiable 17 percent of the time. Meanwhile, the shooting of whites by blacks is found justifiable in only 1 percent of cases.</p></blockquote>
<p>That first claim again reflects Mr. Love&#8217;s rather astonishing ignorance of the subject about which he has chosen to write.  In a piece whose tone is overwhelmingly critical of &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; he cites as support of that anti-&#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; position a large increase in justifiable homicides (I set aside for this post the questionable accuracy of his cited statistics, and assume them to be correct for discussion purposes).</p>
<p>Breaking news: A large jump in justifiable homicide <em>is a good thing</em>, and the larger the better.  By definition, a justifiable homicide is one which is committed against a criminal aggressor by an innocent person who is defending themselves (or their spouse or child or parent) against death or grave bodily harm&#8211;rape, maiming, etc.  To put it another way, every justifiable homicide is a murder or rape or maiming <em>that did not occur</em>.</p>
<p>More of that, please, thank you.</p>
<p>As for the black versus white statistics of Mr. Loves closing paragraph, it is again irrelevant.</p>
<p>First, he does not provide comparable figures for non-Stand-Your-Ground states, so it&#8217;s impossible to know whether the disparity is possibly associated with Stand-Your-Ground or not.</p>
<p>Second, the source that Mr. Love cites for the disparity in black versus white statistics also helpfully provided its own map of the United States indicating which states are &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221; and which are duty-to-retreat.  Just for laughs, let&#8217;s see how the map from Mr. Love&#8217;s chosen source compares with the map he choose for his own piece. Here&#8217;s the map from Mr. Love&#8217;s piece, sourced from al Jazeera.com:</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stand-Your-Ground-al-Jazeera.png"><img class="alignnone wp-image-128789" src="http://s1.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stand-Your-Ground-al-Jazeera.png" alt="Stand-Your-Ground al Jazeera" width="550" height="388" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the map from Mr. Love&#8217;s cited source (a <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/0806/Racial-bias-and-stand-your-ground-laws-what-the-data-show" target="_blank">2013 Christian Science Monitor article</a>), in which the colored states are &#8220;Stand-Your-Ground&#8221;:</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stand-Your-Ground-Christian-Science-Monitor-2013.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128806" src="http://s4.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stand-Your-Ground-Christian-Science-Monitor-2013.png" alt="Stand-Your-Ground Christian Science Monitor 2013" width="550" height="415" /></a></p>
<p>Ouch.  The Christian Science Monitor lists 26 duty-to-retreat states, as opposed to Mr. Love&#8217;s 16 (and similarly gets many of them wrong). Pretty sure a 3-year-old could pick out the variances between those two maps.  (It pays to read the sources you cite, Mr. Love.)</p>
<p>Perhaps Mr. Love is prepared to argue that during the 18 months between the publication of the Christian Science Monitor article and his own piece today an additional 10 duty-to-retreat states have &#8220;gone Stand-Your-Ground&#8221;?</p>
<p>No worries, he won&#8217;t. He <em>can&#8217;t</em>. <em>It&#8217;s just wouldn&#8217;t be true.</em> And it <em>still</em> wouldn&#8217;t explain away the half the states he himself wrongly cites as duty-to-retreat states.</p>
<p>OK, that&#8217;s enough fun &amp; games with Mr. Love.  Back to billable hours.</p>
<p>–-Andrew, <a href="https://twitter.com/LawSelfDefense">@LawSelfDefense</a></p>
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		<title>Khawaled Village – Bedouin Pride in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 17:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William A. Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bedouin community embraces the country that embraces them.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing on my <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/israeli-school-bus-bombing-survivor-reunites-with-nurse-who-saved-him-45-years-later/">tour in northern Israel</a>, on May 27, 2015, I visited the Bedouin village of Khawaled led by our guide Hassan Khawaled.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Hassan-Khawaled-e1432833260530.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128825" src="http://s1.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Hassan-Khawaled-e1432833260530.jpg" alt="Hassan Khawaled" width="600" height="423" /></a></p>
<p>Most of the people in the village have the village name as a last name, or a variant, such as the first Israeli Bedouin diplomat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Khaldi">Ishmael Khaldi</a>, who is from the village.</p>
<p>Khawaled is east of Haifa, in the Galilee region.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-Northern-Israel-Map-e1432828314394.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128798" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-Northern-Israel-Map-e1432828314394.png" alt="Khawaled Village Northern Israel Map" width="550" height="403" /></a></p>
<p>The Bedouin are Arab Muslims with a unique culture. Most Israeli Bedouins live in the south of the country in the Negev region, but there is a sizable presence in the Galilee.</p>
<p>The Israeli Bedouin are not obligated to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces, but many volunteer to do so. Bedouin have achieved great success in the IDF, and are particularly known as <a href="https://www.idfblog.com/blog/2012/04/03/5-techniques-bedouin-detectives-hunt-terrorists/">trackers at the borders</a>.</p>
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<p>Hassan explained to me how thankful he was to be a Bedouin in Israel, that it has opened up huge opportunities that would not be available to him elsewhere.</p>
<p>Many of the people in his village volunteer for the IDF, including career soldiers, or are in the police. Hassan himself served four years in the IDF, including in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphi_Route">Philadelphi corridor</a> bordering Egypt in Gaza prior to Israel&#8217;s withdrawal.</p>
<p>Hassan explained that his mother&#8217;s house where he grew up, which really is more of a small shack and tent, was ordered demolished because it was not within the village planning limits. But his mother was being paid to move, and would be building a house next to Hassan&#8217;s own spacious and beautiful home.</p>
<p>Hassan invited us to a wonderful lunch at his house, which fortunately he served to us &#8220;American style&#8221; at a table instead of Bedouin style sitting on the floor.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-lunch.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128812" src="http://s1.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-lunch.jpg" alt="Khawaled lunch" width="382" height="510" /></a></p>
<p>While we were eating the head of the local regional council, who lives on a kibbutz, stopped by. Hassan explained that the regional council has been very helpful to Khawaled in resolving planning issues, and that the village had excellent relations with nearby kibbutzim.</p>
<p>Hassan explained that there was something of a building boom by the younger generation in Khawaled, and in his words, the mentality is to build the biggest house possible, and worry about the finishes later. Here is one example of an older style &#8220;house&#8221; next door to the large house built by the younger generation.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-Tent-Shack-New-Home-e1432831168564.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128815" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-Tent-Shack-New-Home-e1432831168564.jpg" alt="Khawaled Village Tent Shack New Home" width="600" height="338" /></a></p>
<p>Khawaled has been highlighted by some groups as an example of discrimination against Arabs because of administrative orders to demolish houses not within the town planning zone. The ultra-left wing 972 Magazine wrote about Khawaled, <a href="http://972mag.com/photo-essay-galilee-bedouins-face-house-demolitions/58634/">Photo essay: Galilee Bedouin face house demolitions</a>, featuring this photo:</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-House-972-Magazine-e1432830051762.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128810" src="http://s2.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Village-House-972-Magazine-e1432830051762.png" alt="Khawaled Village House 972 Magazine" width="550" height="420" /></a></p>
<p>I asked Hassan about it, and it turns out that the house in question is his mother&#8217;s house, the one for which the government is paying her to move. Hassan writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yes yes this is my family<br />
It&#8217;s my uncle Ali and his family<br />
This article was written at the beginning<br />
Now all have changed<br />
And we have an agreement<br />
It was written to have some time and to try to get more by Ali family &#8230;.<br />
The first photo is my mother house &#8230;<br />
Today all is fixed &#8230;&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>So the 972 Mag article does not tell the whole story, which ended well.  That seems to be common in profiles of minority communities in Israel &#8212; the bad is emphasized, not the good.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that underfunding of minority communities, particularly &#8220;unrecognized villages,&#8221; has been a problem.  But at least in Khawaled, that seems to be improving.  A <a href="http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/188219/the-lost-tribes-of-israel">road construction problem</a> in Khawaled also is in the process of being solved, according to Hassan, with the help of the regional council.</p>
<p>Hassan took us to the local elementary school, attended by his daughter. The school serves Khawaled and the nearby Bdeouin town Ras Ali. The school was newly built and very modern.  Hassan explained that this reflects growing government funding for the community, something missing in the past.  In another northern Bedouin village, improved government response to planning problems led to a <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/.premium-1.648222">76% Likud (Netanyahu) vote</a>.</p>
<p>We met with the principal, a Bedouin man who had spearheaded the project to get the regional council to allocate the funds and who helped oversee the construction.</p>
<p>We were allowed to photograph one of the classes in session. The kids were all smiles and thrilled that Americans were visiting the class.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Teacher-e1432831261150.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128816" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Teacher-e1432831261150.jpg" alt="Khawaled Ras Ali Village School Classroom Teacher" width="600" height="338" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Children-e1432833000980.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128821" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Children-e1432833000980.jpg" alt="Khawaled Ras Ali Village School Classroom Children" width="600" height="338" /></a></p>
<p>Hassan made sure to point out that the bulletin board at the back of the class featured all three major religions in Israel. The children also learned Hebrew in school.</p>
<p><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Bulletin-Board-e1432831331900.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128817" src="http://s1.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Khawaled-Ras-Ali-Village-School-Classroom-Bulletin-Board-e1432831331900.jpg" alt="Khawaled Ras Ali Village School Classroom Bulletin Board" width="600" height="338" /></a></p>
<p>All in all, I got the sense that while there are problems in the northern Bedouin communities mostly relating to planning and construction issues, there also is tremendous pride in being Israeli and serving the country.</p>
<p>And there is no shortage of big houses being built.</p>
<p><em><strong>UPDATE:</strong></em> Ishmael Khaldi, the first Israeli Bedouin diplomat, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyKeller1/status/603988929591779329">retweeted</a> this post:</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/JoyKeller1/status/603988929591779329"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128864" src="http://s3.legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ishmael-Khaldi-RT-e1432844881237.png" alt="https://twitter.com/JoyKeller1/status/603988929591779329" width="500" height="348" /></a></p>
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<p><em>Prior posts from <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/tag/israel-trip-2015/">Israel Trip 2015</a>:</em></p>
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<li><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/israeli-school-bus-bombing-survivor-reunites-with-nurse-who-saved-him-45-years-later/">Israeli school bus bombing survivor reunites with nurse who saved him – 45 years later</a></li>
<li><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/meet-an-israeli-doctor-saving-syrian-lives-and-limbs/">Meet an Israeli Doctor Saving Syrian Lives and Limbs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/remembering-haifa-bus-37-suicide-bombing/">Remembering Haifa Bus 37 Suicide Bombing</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 15:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kemberlee Kaye]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the race, Governor?]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it seems like we&#8217;re writing at least one &#8220;so and so formally announces they&#8217;re running for president in 2016&#8243; post each day, that&#8217;s probably not far from accurate. </p>
<p>Waiting with baited breath for the Republican presidential candidate who can serve up the pro-abortion, anti-gun vote? Wait no more! Your endurance has proved fruitful. New York&#8217;s former Governor George Pataki announced his presidential candidacy today.</p>
<p>&#8220;My vision wasn&#8217;t a partisan vision, it was about people, about what we can accomplish together,&#8221; Pataki says in his first campaign video which was also released this morning. &#8220;If we are to flourish as a people, we have to fall in love with America again,&#8221; he concludes. </p>
<p>The video is 4 minutes long and has underlined words. That&#8217;s pretty much all I&#8217;ll say about it. But it&#8217;s here to sate your curiosity: </p>
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<p>In his announcement, Pataki took a swipe at Hillary Clinton and railed against the IRS and Obamacare. He also dropped some gratitude in Spanish. </p>
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<p>One has to wonder what possessed Pataki to join the packed primary. Despite the crowded heat, most candidate&#8217;s reasons for running are clear, and some are even delusional enough to believe they could be the next White House occupant. <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2015/05/28/the-dream-begins-george-pataki-announces-for-president/">Hot Air</a>&#8216;s Jazz Shaw has a few theories:</p>
<blockquote><p>Three theories for why he’d run. One: Boredom. He misses being in the political arena and wants to have some fun at the very margins of the big stage. In which case, okay, but wasn’t he bored in 2012 too? He would have gotten (somewhat) more attention back then as a centrist foil to Romney than he will once he’s lost in the crowd of more impressive candidates this year. Two: He feels obliged. New York has elected only three Republican governors over the last 90 years: Thomas Dewey, Nelson Rockefeller, and this guy. The first two ran for president and were credible candidates. Maybe Pataki’s talked himself into believing that even the modern GOP can’t resist taking a hard look at a centrist Republican who was capable of winning New York. Imagine his surprise when he finds out the truth. Three: He’s an establishment catspaw being nudged into the race to make Jeb Bush and Christie look more conservative by comparison. Surely, though, the donor class could have found someone with more currency than Pataki to fill that role if that’s the plan here. As it is, he’s unlikely to make the debates. How effective can a foil be if he barely registers in the public’s consciousness?</p></blockquote>
<p>So, um, welcome to the race, Governor? </p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leslie Eastman]]></dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that former Senator <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/rick-santorum-enters-the-presidential-race/" target="_blank">Rick Santorum has dived into the presidential pool</a>, I thought I would check the status of a candidate who is already in &#8212; Carly Fiorina.</p>
<p>Early in her candidacy, <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/04/carly-fiorina-is-rocking-it/" target="_blank">Professor Jacobson noted she was &#8220;rocking it&#8221;</a> by taking the fight to Hillary Clinton. She continues to show the rest of the field how to target the elusive Democratic candidate.</p>
<p>For example, <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/04/hillary-clinton-blows-off-questions-from-the-press/" target="_blank">Clinton has been less than responsive</a> when it comes to addressing the American press.</p>
<p>In contrast, Fiorina held a press conference&#8230;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/hillary-clinton-carly-fiorina-south-carolina/" target="_blank">directly outside a Clinton event.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>First the former Hewlett Packard chief executive popped up outside the Marriott hotel where Clinton was just about to kick off a campaign event, offering to take questions from the press since Clinton so often won&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Forty-five minutes later and six blocks down the road, there Fiorina was again, bragging to the South Carolina House Republican caucus about what she&#8217;d just done as they chewed on grilled chicken at a Hilton hotel luncheon.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve answered probably 420-plus questions on the record about everything, from, &#8216;Is a hot dog a sandwich?&#8217; &#8212; I flubbed that one, I will tell you &#8212; to what I would do about ISIS and everything in between,&#8221; Fiorina said. &#8220;And Hillary Clinton has answered maybe 15 questions.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Barely registering at the polls and less than three months away from the GOP&#8217;s first primary debate, Fiorina is making her one and only play: attacking the best-known presidential candidate of them all. And while it&#8217;s too soon to tell whether Fiorina&#8217;s tactics are paying off in the polls, Republican officials and activists in the early-primary states say what she&#8217;s doing is working.</p></blockquote>
<p>She had a <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/carly-fiorina-criticize-hillary-clinton-118326.html#ixzz3bOCk1nCz" target="_blank">biting analysis of Clinton&#8217;s political record</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>How can we trust Mrs. Clinton?” asked Fiorina, who in recent months has used her status as the only woman in the Republican field to attack the Democratic candidate.</p>
<p>“We now know that her family foundation has had to refile five years’ worth of returns because it failed to disclose donations from foreign governments. We know that she only had one email in her server, that she put a server in her basement, that it was convenient not to rely on federal government emails. We know that Benghazi was a terrorist attack despite the fact that she told us it was a protest gone bad,” added Fiorina during the 11-minute news conference.</p></blockquote>
<p>An NBC video captures the conference:</p>
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<p>Conservative talk show host Tammy Bruce<a href="http://tammybruce.com/2015/05/public-podcast-carly-fiorina-interview.html" target="_blank"> had a lengthy interview with Fiorina</a>, in which she gave impressively dynamic and detailed-filled responses to Bruce&#8217;s policy questions.  Addressing the matter of polls, Fiorina pointed out that it is too early for the numbers to have any significant meaning.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fox-news-to-limit-the-field-for-first-gop-presidential-debate/2015/05/20/7d4e0386-ff2e-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html" target="_blank">Given that the poll numbers</a> will ultimately have bearing on who Fox News will permit in its Republican presidential debate, I was impressed that Fiorina indicated she will do what it takes to be on that stage in August.</p>
<p>Compare this reply to <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32848350" target="_blank">that of the GOP&#8217;s newest candidate</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Fox News presidential debate qualification rules have former Senator Rick Santorum crying foul.</p>
<p>&#8230;.&#8221;I&#8217;m someone who believes that we should have an inclusive process,&#8221; Mr Santorum told reporters after his speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City. &#8220;If you&#8217;re a United States senator, if you&#8217;re a governor, if you&#8217;re a woman who ran a Fortune 500 company and you&#8217;re running a legitimate campaign for president, then you should have the right to be on stage with everyone else.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I have vowed to keep an open mind during the candidate selection process.  However, at this point, I hope Fiorina makes it to the first debate.  She has the right campaign priorities, as far as I&#8217;m concerned.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America&#8217;s foreign policy in the Middle East <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/isis-social-media-becoming-a-huge-problem-for-intel-analysts/" target="_blank">is falling apart</a> and health insurance premiums are skyrocketing <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-25/sticker-shock-for-some-obamacare-customers" target="_blank">under Obamacare</a>, but the liberal media feels your pain, America. </p>
<p>As usual, it&#8217;s all about Obama.</p>
<p>Amber Phillips of the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/05/26/obama-courts/" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>President Obama’s legacy is increasingly in legal jeopardy</strong></p>
<p>President Obama&#8217;s second-term agenda, it seems, is in the hands of the courts.</p>
<p>Same-sex marriage. Obamacare. Climate change. And now immigration. And in many cases, there is significant doubt about whether his signature initiatives will stand legal scrutiny.</p>
<p>The latest blow to Obama&#8217;s second-term plans came Tuesday when a federal appeals court in New Orleans denied the administration&#8217;s request to move forward with implementing his expanded executive action on immigration to defer deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s funny. He didn&#8217;t run on gay marriage. In fact, Obama said in a 2008 interview with pastor Rick Warren that he believed <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/02/report-obama-lied-to-christian-leader-rick-warren-on-gay-marriage-just-to-get-elected-video/" target="_blank">marriage was between a man and a woman. </a></p>
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<p>He also said that we could keep our healthcare plans and doctors if we liked them.</p>
<p>Maybe the American people now know he was lying, and maybe his legacy doesn&#8217;t matter.</p>
<p>Maybe this is all about <a href="http://collegeinsurrection.com/2015/05/university-of-chicago-to-be-home-for-obamas-presidential-library/" target="_blank">the presidential library.</a></p>
<p>John Podhoretz of the <a href="http://nypost.com/2015/05/23/isis-rises-the-economy-falters-and-obamas-legacy-falls-apart/" target="_blank">New York Post</a> might be onto to something here:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>ISIS rises, the economy falters, and Obama’s legacy falls apart</strong></p>
<p>Deep into the seventh year of his tenure, Barack Obama is thinking about his post-presidential legacy. We know this because he’s telling us so.</p>
<p>In an interview this week with The Atlantic about the potential deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program, the president sought to use the fact of his relative youth and his consciousness about how history might judge him to his advantage: “Look, 20 years from now, I’m still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it’s my name on this. I think it’s fair to say that in addition to our profound national-security interests, I have a personal interest in locking this down.”</p>
<p>In one sense, this is what we want presidents to worry about. We want them to be restrained by the cautionary examples provided by history and by the fact that history will judge them.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read it all <a href="http://nypost.com/2015/05/23/isis-rises-the-economy-falters-and-obamas-legacy-falls-apart/" target="_blank">here.</a></p>
<p>Forgive me if I&#8217;m more concerned about America&#8217;s legacy than Obama&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Good thing I don&#8217;t work for <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/barack-obama-executive-action-immigration-setback-appeals-court-118290.html" target="_blank">Politico.</a></p>
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